Artist Spotlight: Brenda Mabel Reid

Local visual artists are working in the atrium throughout the summer. Drop by for a chat as they share stories about their work and creative process.Learn about what gets their creative juices flowing and observe their art come to life!This is a free, drop-in program.This spotlight is featuring Brenda Mabel Reid. Brenda Mabel Reid is an emerging non-binary visual artist based in St. John’s, NL. Working across collage, printmaking, textiles, sculpture, installation, and audio, their practice explores the friction between place, care, and social expectation—often with humour.Brenda holds Master's and Bachelor’s degrees in architecture from the University of Waterloo. Their work has been presented at contemporary art festivals across Canada, including Hold Fast (NL), Third Shift (NB), and Long Dash (ON), with recent solo exhibitions at the University of Waterloo, Homer Watson Gallery, and Centre [4] Arts.As the current Elbow Room Artist-in-Residence, Brenda is developing new work for their exhibition at The Rooms, opening September 19, 2026Upcoming spotlights:August 4 - Jennie WilliamsAugust 18 - Marcus Gosse , full_html